CNN's Dana Loesch And The Bullying Campaign Against Sandra Fluke
March 20, 2012 6:15 pm ET — 78 Comments
Fluke Testified About A Student Who Needed Contraceptive Medicine To Treat Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome. From Fluke's testimony before Democratic members of Congress:
In sixty-five percent of cases, our female students were interrogated by insurance representatives and university medical staff about why they needed these prescriptions and whether they were lying about their symptoms. For my friend, and 20% of women in her situation, she never got the insurance company to cover her prescription, despite verification of her illness from her doctor. Her claim was denied repeatedly on the assumption that she really wanted the birth control to prevent pregnancy. She's gay, so clearly polycystic ovarian syndrome was a much more urgent concern than accidental pregnancy. [Fluke testimony viaMedia Matters, 2/23/12]
Fluke Also Testified About The Need For Access To Contraceptive Medicine After A Woman Was Raped. From Fluke's testimony:
One student told us that she knew birth control wasn't covered, and she assumed that's how Georgetown's insurance handled all of women's sexual healthcare, so when she was raped, she didn't go to the doctor even to be examined or tested for sexually transmitted infections because she thought insurance wasn't going to cover something like that, something that was related to a woman's reproductive health. As one student put it, "this policy communicates to female students that our school doesn't understand our needs." These are not feelings that male fellow students experience. And they're not burdens that male students must shoulder. [Fluke testimony via Media Matters, 2/23/12]
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Loesch Bullies Sandra Fluke By Calling Her "Whatever I Want"
Loesch: "If You Expect Me To Pay Higher Insurance Premiums To Cover Your 'Free' Birth Control, I Can Call You Whatever I Want." On March 3, Loesch posted numerous comments on her Twitter account about Fluke's testimony and the controversy over Limbaugh's misogynistic attacks:
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